[Editorial note:] composed of A. G. Shlyapnikov, representative of the All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions and representative of the Supreme Council of the National Economy. The commission's reports were repeatedly discussed with Lenin's participation at sessions of the Council of People's Commissars. On August 16, a draft decree and decision were adopted, obligating the All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions to submit within a 2-week period a draft decree on improving the work of specialists. On August 27, 1921, V. I. Lenin signed a decree of the Council of People's Commissars "On Measures to Raise the Level of Engineering and Technical Knowledge in the Country and to Improve Living Conditions of Engineering and Technical Workers of the RSFSR" (see "Collection of Laws and Ordinances of the Workers' and Peasants' Government," 1921, No. 62, art. 452, pp. 555-556).

## LETTER TO I. S. UNSHLIKHT
May 25, 1921

Comrade Unshlikht,

Forwarding on the reverse of this letter an excerpt from Comrade Krasin's letter, I request that you urgently communicate your assessment.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

*Printed from the typescript text signed by V. I. Lenin*

1 L. B. Krasin's letter of May 17, 1921, was written in connection with the arrests of a large group of leading administrative and technical workers in the construction of the Svir hydroelectric stations (Svir-stroy). The letter reported that the arrests were carried out on the basis of denunciations and that the matter itself was not serious. L. B. Krasin interceded for the release on bail of engineers V. V. Pogorelsky and A. I. Grabovsky and requested acceleration of consideration of the Svir matter (see also V. I. Lenin. Complete Collected Works, vol. 52, pp. 178-179).

I. S. Unshlikht — Deputy Chairman of the Cheka.

## INSTRUCTION TO N. P. GORBUNOV

Comrade N. P. Gorbunov!

I request that you conduct all necessary inquiries and accelerate the resolution in every way possible.

28/V [1921] Lenin

1 The note was written on a letter from L. B. Krasin from Helsinki to the presidium of the Supreme Council of the National Economy, to A. Lomov (G. I. Appakov) (copies: to V. I. Lenin, A. M. Lezhava, and the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs) with an application for permission to enter Moscow and Petrograd for representatives of the Norwegian company "A. S. Nordisk Finance Holding Company" to conduct negotiations on a concession.

On June 19, 1921, this question was discussed at a meeting of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks). A decision was adopted to permit entry into Russia of Norwegian concessionaires and to grant a concession for the Dubroyka factory in Petrograd (see also Lenin Collection XXXVII, pp. 297-298).

## INSTRUCTION TO V. A. SMOLYANINOV

[May 31 or June 1, 1921]

To Smolyaninov:

Get in touch (by telegraph or telephone) with the locality for verification.

1 Written on the reverse of a telephonogram from the chairman of the Main Peat Administration, I. I. Radchenko, to the Council of People's Commissars regarding the refusal of the Kostroma Provincial Executive Committee to transfer the Kokhminsky peat workings to the Ivanovo-Voznesensk Provincial Peat Administration in accordance with a decision of the Council of People's Commissars of April 12, 1921.

V. A. Smolyaninov — member of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party since 1908. From April 1921, he worked as Deputy Manager of the Affairs of the Council of Labor and Defense on matters of economic and economic construction, then as Manager of Affairs of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR.

## INSTRUCTION TO N. P. GORBUNOV

Comrade N. P. Gorbunov! Speak with Chicherin and with the Cheka, accelerate the resolution.

7/VI [1921] Lenin

1 Written on a telegram from L. B. Krasin from London of June 2, 1921, with a request to give permission for a trip to Soviet Russia for American Senator Joseph France.

On June 21 at a session of the Politburo of the Central Committee, a decision was made to permit Senator France to come to Russia. In the summer of 1921, D. France visited Soviet Russia; on July 15 he was received by V. I. Lenin (see also present collection, p. 364 and V. I. Lenin. Complete Collected Works, vol. 53, pp. 12, 15, 34-35).

## NOTE TO V. A. SMOLYANINOV

Comrade Smolyaninov!

Assemble a commission: 1) from the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party or the Comintern
2) from the Supreme Council of the National Economy
3) from the All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions to work out a reply.

If we agree, then v e r y  c a r e f u l l y, on the strictest conditions.

8/VI [1921] Lenin

1 The document was written on a letter from the Soviet trade delegation in Sweden of May 30, 1921, which set forth a request from a group of Swedish workers-communists for the Soviet government to place orders for the production of various metal items. These orders were envisioned to be fulfilled in workshops run by the workers themselves. The letter of the Soviet trade delegation was considered at a meeting of a commission composed of representatives from the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks), the Supreme Council of the National Economy, and the All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions at the People's Commissariat of Foreign Trade. In the material presented by V. A. Smolyaninov to V. I. Lenin in July 1921, emphasis was placed on the complexity of resolving this question.

## NOTE TO V. M. MOLOTOV

To Molotov

It is necessary to poll members of the Politburo. I am in favor of permitting entry.¹

10/VI [1921] Lenin

¹ The question concerned issuing a visa for entry into Soviet Russia for American Senator Joseph France.

## NOTE TO V. M. MOLOTOV

Comrade Molotov: Should we convene the Politburo?
Or should we decide by poll, asking Avanesov to set forth the motives in 10 lines?²

10/VI [1921] Lenin

1 The published note was written in connection with V. A. Avanesov's request to reconsider the decision of the Organizational Bureau of June 7, 1921, to recall Martynovitch from the People's Commissariat of Workers' and Peasants' Inspection.

2 On June 21 at a session of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks), a decision was adopted to leave Martynovitch in the People's Commissariat of Workers' and Peasants' Inspection.

## NOTE TO THE SMALL COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS

To the Small Council:

In § 1. Point 8. Cross out the State Planning Commission.

The assignment for the State Planning Commission to consider and formulate separately, after polling the State Planning Commission.

18/VI [1921] Lenin

1 On June 16, 1921, at a session of the Small Council of People's Commissars, a report was discussed by A. O. Alsky, Deputy People's Commissar of Finance, on monetary reform. On the report, a detailed decision was adopted. In signing the protocol on this question, V. I. Lenin made a remark: "Excluding the State Planning Commission from point 8. Lenin." Apparently, simultaneously with this, Lenin wrote the published note to the Small Council of People's Commissars. However, the State Planning Commission is not mentioned in point 8. Evidently, the reference is to point 7 of the decision, which states: "Propose that the People's Commissariat of Finance together with the State Planning Commission work out the question of the economic foundations of the general state budget (both monetary and material) and submit monthly reports to the Council of People's Commissars on budget reform" (Central Party Archive of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism under the Central Committee of the CPSU).

## NOTE TO L. A. FOTIEVA

To L. A. Fotieva
(from Lenin)

Request by telegraph under my signature from this doctor how much time is needed for treatment, and submit to the Organizational Bureau.²

18/VI [1921] Lenin

1 Written on a telegram from Dr. S. M. Polonsky from Kislovodsk to L. A. Fotieva informing of the serious illness of N. A. Reske, member of the collegium of the People's Commissariat of the Russian Communist Party.

2 See V. I. Lenin. Complete Collected Works, vol. 53, pp. 40, 43-44.

## NOTE TO V. M. MOLOTOV

Comrade Molotov!

In my opinion, it is necessary to hurry with the appointment of the collegium of the People's Commissariat of Foreign Trade.¹

18/VI [1921] Lenin

1 On July 15, 1921, the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) discussed the question of the composition of the collegium of the People's Commissariat of Foreign Trade. On July 19, the composition of the collegium of the People's Commissariat of Foreign Trade was approved at a session of the Council of People's Commissars: chairman — A. M. Lezhava, members — K. M. Begge, P. L. Voikov, I. I. Radchenko, A. P. Rosengoltz, M. V. Rykunov, G. G. Yagoda.

## NOTE TO L. A. FOTIEVA OR M. I. GLÄSSER

To Fotieva or Glässer

I request that you send me this evening with M. I.¹ a draft of the Instruction from the Council of Labor and Defense (the latest version that I received from Smolyaninov and passed to Rykov)².

18/VI [1921] Lenin

1 M. I. — M. I. Ulyanova — from 1917 to 1929 — member of the editorial board and responsible secretary of the newspaper "Pravda."

2 The draft "Instruction from the Council of Labor and Defense (Council of Labor and Defense) to Local Soviet Institutions" was written by V. I. Lenin (see Complete Collected Works, vol. 43, pp. 266-291). On May 20, 1921, at a session of the Council of Labor and Defense, the draft "Instruction" together with the draft decision of the Council of Labor and Defense "On Local Economic Conferences, on Reporting, and on Guidance by the Instruction of the Council of Labor and Defense" (see ibid., pp. 264-265) was sent for consideration to a special commission. The Council of Labor and Defense commission, in view of the importance of urgent discussion of the draft "Instruction," published it as a separate pamphlet. Members of the presidium of the State Planning Commission were involved in editing the drafts of the "Instruction" and the decision of the Council of Labor and Defense.